Development of the Beet-Sugar Industry 



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In 1877 GerinaiiN luul 286,000 acres of beets, which 

 produced 378,000 tons of sugar, while in 1886 the out- 

 put of sugar was more than 1,000,000 tons. Germany 

 did not equal the sugar production of France until 1878, 

 but since that time she has led the world in beet-sugar. 

 She produced 2,223,521 tons of sugar in 1906. The aver- 

 age percentage extracted that year was 15.69. 



In other countries of Europe the beet-sugar industry 

 followed rather closely the lead of France and Germany 

 (see Fig. 2). At present there are beet-sugar factories in 

 all the European countries except Norway. 



Ware ' shows in the following table the relative impor- 

 tance of the industry in 1877-78. By this time the 

 beet-sugar industry had become thoroughly established : 



Table 1. — Number of Sugar Factories in Europe, in 

 1877-78, WITH THE Total Production and the Per 

 Capita Consumption of Sugar in Each Countrt 



» Ware, L. S., "The Sugar Beet," p. 40 (1880). 



